Mathias Toler was born in Aug. 18, 1840 in Currituck County, NC and died Oct. 5, 1905, in Pasquotank County, NC.  He was the son of Jasper Toler and  Sally (last name believed to be Beasley).  He married Zilphia Beasley in 1867. She was born in Jan. 29, 1850 and died Oct. 22, 1881.  She was the daughter of Burden Beasley and Mary "Polly" Hill.  Mathias and Zilphia had six children:
   1)  Sarah Toler, b. Sept 5, 1868 in  Currituck County, NC
   2)  William M. Toler, b. Feb. 15, 1871 in Kitty Hawk, NC
   3)  Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Toler, b. March 12, 1872 in Kitty Hawk, NC.  She died in Battery Park, Va. on Mar. 7, 1960.  She married Thomas Able Winder in Elizabeth City, NC on May 9, 1892.  She was his second wife.
   4)  John Toler, born May 10, 1874 in Kitty Hawk, NC and died in a car accident on  Dec. 26, 1942.  He was first married to Margaret D. "Maggie" Midgett on Dec. 21, 1893.  Maggie died in 1926 and he later married Lula Lee (Beasley) Mann, widow of Thomas Lathan Mann.
   5)  Daniel Toler, born Feb. 11, 1877 in Kitty Hawk, NC
   6)  Clyde Toler, born Jan. 4, 1880 in Kitty Hawk, NC.

After Zilphia's death, Mathias married Georganna Crane on Jan. 4, 1882 at Powells Point, Currituck Co.  Georgianna Crane, 2^nd wife of Mathias Toler,  was born on March 26, 1857 in Currituck County, NC, the daughter of Elizabeth "Bettie" Crane.  She died Nov. 16, 1932 in Elizabeth City, NC.  She is buried in Old Hollywood Cemetery in Elizabeth City.
They had seven children:
   1)  Ambrose Brite Toler, born in Feb. 28, 1883 in Kitty Hawk, NC.  He married Kizzie W. Jones in Camden Co., NC in 1908..
   2)  Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Toler, born Aug. 26, 1886 in Kitty Hawk, NC.  She married James Morton Crank in 1902
   3)  Cassandra Matilda "Cassie" Toler, born Sept. 6, 1888.  She married Robertson Carusoe Skiles on April 22, 1908 in Elizabeth City, NC.  Robertson was born in Windsor, Bertie Co. on Sept. 27, 1888 and  died in Elizabeth City on Dec. 1, 1974. Cassandra and Roberson had 10 children, all of whom were born in Elizabeth City: Olive Pearl, b. 1909; Marvin, b. 1911; Nettie, b. 1913; Robert Earl, b. 1914; Annie Elizabeth, b. 1917; Evelyn, b. 1919; twins b. & d. 1921; Norman Ferring, b. 1923; and, Marian June, b. 1927.
   4)  Elizabeth "Bettie/Betsy" Toler, born Jan. 7, 1891 in Nags Head.  She died Aug. 22, 1970 in Chesapeake, Va.  She married Ezekiel Decatur Midgett in Elizabeth City, NC on June 26, 1907.
   5)  Macedonia "Donie" Toler, born Feb. 23, 1894 in Kitty Hawk and died July 14, 1985 in Elizabeth City, NC,  She married Jerome G. "Rommie" Ferrell.
   6)  Noah Mathias Toler, born May 20, 1895 in Nags Head, NC. He died Aug. 22, 1992 in Elizabeth City, NC.   He married Minnie Maybelle Reaves in Elizabeth City on June 15, 1915.
   7)  Penny Toler, born in Nov. 1897 and died Jan. 27, 1908 in Elizabeth City, NC.